Flagstaff



June A 1927. 1,632,726

' R. G. CONKLIN FLAGSTAFF" Original Filed Feb. 24. 1925 IN VEN TOR.

" BY w 7 WMNEYQ Patented Jane 14, 1927.

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1, 32,726 P C -j A el e Application filed February 24, 1925, Serial No. 11,320. Renewed. March is, 1927.

My present invention pertains to flagstaff holders and it contemplates the pro- Vision of a device through the vmedium of -which a fiag or other emblem may be displayed on a window, post, porch or other place and this without detracting from the appearance of the building and at the same time assuring the firm and rigid support of the staff regardless of wind or other climatlc conditions.- r

' The invention further contemplates the provision of a bracket that is simple and inexpensive to produce, readily and easily attachedand one that because ofits finished appearance will in noway detract from the appearance of the objectto which the holder is attached. 7 Other objects of the invention will be readily understoodfrom the following description and cla-im when the same are read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification in which p Figure 1 is a view partly inside elevation and partly in section showing my novel device attached to a post or side of a window frame or the like. Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the manner in which the bracket may be se cured on a flat surface such. as the sill ofa windowcasing. i

Figure'3'is a rear elevation ofthe device. Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 without thestaff arranged therein and showing the support of thebracket partly in section.

Figure 5 is a perspective view looking down on the bracket and from a point approximatelyat the rear thereof.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in allthe views of the drawings My novel device comprises the bracket that is indicated as a whole byB and consistsof the flat body portion 1 that is increased in width toward the upper end 7 thereof and for the purpose of clearness may be termed the web and formed integral on one end of the portion 1 is an angular bent flat portion 2 that is provided with the apertures 3 that receive the fastening means 4. The fastening means may takein to the sup port S of Figurel that may be a post, or.

other upstanding element While in Figure 2 the support S may be flat as illustrated. The body portion is provided on the surface opposite the element 2 with the rolled angulan will be clearly understood from. the further description of the practical use of the device. Formed on the rolled portion 5and adapted to be soldered or otherwise secured i interiorly of'therolled portion 5 and preferably opposite the rib 7 is a spring clip 9 that straddles the upper end of the rolled portion 10, while at the lower end of the roll I bend same'inwardly for a veryslight distance to enable same to rest flush with the angular bent portion 2. r This provision is necessaryin order that the bent portion 24 will rest flat on the support S for otherwise ,75 7

if the rolled end was not bent at the point 8 a firm grip on the support couldnot be had by. the fastening means 4 without marring the surface due to the end 8 if unbent contacting said surface and digging into same.

In the practical use of the device, the same is secured either on a fiat surface or a surface such as is shown in Figure land. the pole P is forced into the I upper end of the rolled portion ofthe member 1. Where it is firmly grlpped and held in proper position by,

means of the ribs 7 andspring 9. Manifestly therolled portion 5 is open at its lower end in order to permit of self draining of the rolled portion.

The bracket or support when once fastened to a post or window casing orthe like is v practically to stay and need not be removed unless desired and it will display a flag at an angle of approximately 39 degrees whether it is attached to a post or a window sill, while the spring placed in the top of the socket will prevent the wind from raising because it is made of this material castings.

are not necessary for production of the brackets but on the other hand inexpensive stamping may be resortedto;

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent In a flagstaff holder, the combination of a tubular body portion open at its ends an inwardly projecting portion at one end, said body portion comprising atubular body tion and terminating in a, base-v portion member in the form of a 0011 ln-eross-sectwn whereby the holder 1s formed of a single the interior edge of said coiled portion propiece of material. 10

ject-ing radially inwardly to form a 0011- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tlnuous interior longlt-i-ldinal'rlb, a-spr1ng myhand; chp extending into the tubular body portion, a web formed integral 011 the body por- ROSCOE G. CONKLIN. 

